CHANDIGARH: Abhinandan Vohra became the champion with 4.5 points at the conclusion of 30th Chandigarh Chess Championship at Dr. Ambedkar Bhawan, Sector 37-A, here today. The second position was bagged by Rohan Gupta, who scored 4 points. The third position was bagged by Swastik Singhal with 4 points and the fourth position went to Vipan Negi also with 4 points.
The Championship was organised by Chandigarh Chess Association. Above 4 players are selected to represent Chandigarh in the forthcoming National Senior Chess Championship 2019 to be held at Sikkim from 9 Dec - 20 Dec.
In the closing ceremony prizes and trophies were given away by Dr. Anil Raina, Chairperson of Chandigarh Chess Association to the prize winners and participants.
Points position:
4.5 pts: Vohra Abhinandan. 4.5: Rohan Gupta, Swastik Singhal.3.5: Vipan Negi. 3: Prodeep Biswas, Ekaaksha Partap Negi, Punya Garg, Aaditya Singla, Bhavay Mahajan. 2.5: Arun Narayan. 2: Bhavya Batra, Abhishek Kumar, Ishaan Narang, Ambuj/ 1.5: Prisha. 1: Ayaan Garg, Saksham Bansal, Ivan Jolly.